As we get ever closer to the Nintendo Switch 2 release, the questions about supply and demand will continue to grow. After all, we know that pre-orders for the new system straight-up sold out in both the United States, the UK, and even Japan. Nintendo has made its position clear on trying to get people their systems via pre-orders, either at launch or soon after. Either way, people are wondering how things will play out, and that’s led to some big questions for some of the company heads.
That includes Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser. He was at the opening of the Nintendo San Francisco store when IGN interviewed him about supply and demand in the US. Here’s what he had to say about it:
“[Nintendo President] Mr. [Shuntaro] Furukawa last week announced that we’ll have 15 million units in our forecast for Nintendo Switch 2 and 4.5 million units for Nintendo Switch during the fiscal year. That forecast was really driven by wanting to match, if you will, what we accomplished with Nintendo Switch in the first 10 months of its release. As we look at our plans here in the U.S., we do believe we’ll have production and supply that will allow us to meet consumer demand. We know there’s been strong positive reaction to Nintendo Switch 2 early on and we’ve seen that through our preorders, but we do have a plan to have a continuous flow of product that’ll be available through the holidays.”
Obviously, only time will tell how well that plan works. The OG Switch had supply issues early on as well, so hopefully Nintendo really does work things out so it can have a smooth first year with the new console.
